Articles by Ian Gormely
At the Drive-In
In•ter A•li•a
PUBLISHED May 5, 2017
Relationship of Command, El Paso, TX post-hardcore vets At the Drive-In's explosive 2000 swan song, was a once in-a-career record. Even at...
Berlin-Warszawa Express
By Eamon McGrath
PUBLISHED May 5, 2017
Suffering for ones art is a well-trodden trope. Yet punk rock troubadour Eamon McGrath manages to breath new life into the subject, as well...
Perfume Genius
No Shape
PUBLISHED May 5, 2017
Mike Hadreas has never been one to mince words. So, in naming the first track on his latest album as Perfume Genius, "Otherside," he's lett...
At the Drive-In Go Deep on the Departure of Jim Ward
PUBLISHED May 4, 2017
It took At the Drive-In 17 years, but the El Paso, TX band have finally followed up their acclaimed 2000 effort — and until recently, their...
METZ / Fake Palms / New Fries
Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON, April 30
PUBLISHED May 1, 2017
The Silver Dollar Room was not a pretty place, but it was always a vibrant one. The latest victim of Toronto's booming downtown real estate...
"Hard to Be Punk in a Skirt": The Personal Revelations of Diet Cig
PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2017
DIY indie duo Diet Cig gained a lot of attention and praise for their 2015 debut EP, Overeasy, and a subsequent seven-inch. But when it cam...
Bob Mould
Opera House, Toronto ON, April 22
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2017
With his most recent appearance in Toronto, Bob Mould seemed determined to cut through his own legend. Performing with a single mic, amp an...
Bueller
Silver Dollar, Toronto ON, April 21
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2017
Bueller's name hews '80s, but this Toronto quartet are otherwise a '90s animal. Mixing '60s surf and garage with '90s lo-if and songs about...